Hat-presser.



R. M. COHEN.

HAT P'RESSER.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 3 19 18.

1,280,167. Patented 001s. 1,1918.

arena oration REUBEN M. COHEN, 0F OHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

HiIAT-PRESSEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. IL, 1918.

Application filed April 3, 1918. Serial No. 226,441.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN M. COHEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat- Pressers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements to hat pressers or shapers and particularly to devices used for retaining the brim of a hat in shape, during storage or after the same has been dampened by rain or the like. It is specially designed for use with straw hats but, of course, not limited to this ap lication.

- ne of the objects of my invention is to provide a light, portable and simple device in which the brim of a hat may be clamped for straightening or shaping the same.

A further object is to provide a device of the character described, formed of two fiat rigid plates, which are hinged together at one edge and detachably connected together at the opposite edge, provision being made in the plates to permit the crowns, of different sized hats, to protrude from the plates.

Another object is to provide a hat shaper having means to permit the escape of moisture from the hat being shaped or pressed.

With the foregoing objects outlined and with other objects in view, my invention consists of the novel features hereinafter described in detail, illustrated 1n the accom- 35.

panylng drawing, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved hat presser. t

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

In the drawing, 1 designates the lower plate of my improved device, which is formed of any sutable rigid sheet material, and is reinforced by rods 2 that act to retain the same flat. The lower plate is provided with a central aperture 3 and with a number of smaller apertures 4, which are arranged between the central aperture and the edge of the plate.

A top plate 5, of rigid sheet material, is

hinged to the lower plate by means of hinges 6 and rods 7 are secured to the upper face of the plate 5 for reinforcing the plate and maintaining the same flat. The upper plate has a central aperture 8 of larger size than the aperture 3 of the lower plate, and smaller aperture 9 are arranged between the aperture 8 and the edge of the plate.

F astenings 10 are pivoted at 11 to the lower plate and have projecting portions 12, which when the device is closed are adapted to engage the upper surface of the upper plate for the purpose of securing the free edges of the plates together. A ring 13 projects from the free edge of the lower plate and is adapted to be grasped in separating the free edges of the plates and for hanging the device upon a nail or hook.

Inuse, assuming that the fastenings 10 are opened, the top plate 5 may be swung upwardly for separating the plates except at the points of hinging. Then a hat 14, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, has its crown inserted through the aperture 8 until the upper surface of its brim 15 engages the under surface of the plate 5. The plate 5 is then swung downwardly until the under surface of the hat brim engages the upper surface of the lower plate 1, at which time the fastenings 10 are closed, and the hat brim will then be securely clamped in the device with the plates evenly pressing upon the same.

The device may be used for permanently holding the brim in shape, when the hat is not in use, or it may be used for shaping a hat brim after the same has been dampened or warped. When the hat is damp, the apertures 4- and 9 will permit the escape of moisture from the brim while the aperture 3 will permit air to enter the crown for drying said crown.

In some case where it is desiredto press the brim of a hat having a small crown, the crown may be inserted through the aperture 3, instead of through the aperture 8.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that I have devised a novel hat presser of simple and inexpensive construction, and one which will effectively retain the brim in flat condition.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letture to permit the passage of a hat crown, ters Patent 1s: and both of said plates having apertures be- A hat pressing device comprislng a plutween the central aperture and the edges of erality of flat rigid plates hinged together the plates to permit moisture to escape from at one edge and detachably connected tothe brim of thehatheld by said device.

gether at the opposite edge, one of said plates being provided with a central aper- REUBEN M. COHEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing" the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C. 

